NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Heavy caliber weapons add to rising death toll

Mexico's drug cartels have turned increasingly violent as they fight back against President Felipe Calderon's efforts to regain the upper hand in the country's drug war. An analysis in the current issue of FLYP, a new online multimedia magazine that can be accessed at www.flypmedia.com, demonstrates the dramatic increase in the cartel's firepower. Almost all of the weapons are bought in the U.S. and smuggled across the border.

LOS ANGELES, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Canopus BioPharma, Inc. (OTC: CBIA), is pleased to announce that the South African Medicines Control Council has granted approval for a Phase II study in 30 cancer patients evaluating the protective effect of CB1400 on the gastrointestional tract from radiation-induced mucositis. This new trial is an important step forward in the development of CB1400 as a novel, preventative, anti-mucositis agent.

Rachel Carson wasn't all that happy with DDT. I bet she really wouldn't like a gel bait insecticide that can kill three generations of cockroaches as they feed off of each other and transfer the poison. Unless she hated cockroaches as much as the rest of us do.

It is the first time that scientists have shown that a pest control bait will remain effective when it's transferred twice after the first killing dose, said Grzegorz "Grzesiek" Buczkowski, assistant professor of entomology. Passing the insecticide from one cockroach to the next is called horizontal transfer.

"Our findings are exciting because cockroaches are difficult to control since they multiply so rapidly," Buczkowski said. "They are especially bad in urban housing, and they can cause health problems."

NOVATO, California, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Cystinosis Foundation Ireland to Host Event June 27-28, 2008

Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. ("Raptor" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: RPTP), today announced that Ted Daley, President of Raptor's clinical division, will present at the Cystinosis Foundation Ireland's 5th International Cystinosis Conference to be held June 27-28, 2008 at the Hilton Hotel, Dublin City, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2, in Dublin, Ireland.

World experts in the field of Cystinosis and families affected by Cystinosis attending the event can discuss Mr. Daley's presentation between 3:45pm and 5:30pm in the conference hall on Friday, June 27, 2008, during the poster and round table session of the conference.

LONDON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to the recent statement from the CBI that Government plans for academic diplomas in England are 'an unnecessary distraction' The Work Foundation argues that far from being a distraction, diplomas should eventually replace GCSE's and A levels as the major route into employment, further and higher education.

FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS) announced it will provide pharmacy services for Coventry Health Care, Inc. (NYSE: CVH), a national managed health care company headquartered in Bethesda, Md.

Medco, the leading independent pharmacy benefits manager, will provide mail, retail and specialty pharmacy services for all of Coventry's Medicare programs, covering approximately one million members with annual drug spend exceeding US$2 billion. The agreement will commence on January 1, 2009 and is a multi-year arrangement.

SAN DIEGO, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Consortium Releases CARML (Client Attribute Requirements Markup Language) and Privacy Constraints Draft Specifications to Protect Personally Identifiable Information Across Applications and Networks

LONDON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

2008 has been a tremendous year so far for Building Services Journal (BSj) with the launch of two new web sites and a PPA win under our belt.

BSj's brand new website

Bsjonline.co.uk is the new easy-to-use website from Building Services Journal (BSj). The website has been redeveloped to offer users a brand new package which includes new channels for sustainability and energy performance certificates, online CPD modules, a weekly e-newsletter, quicker archive search and much more.

www.bsjonline.co.uk

New jobs website

SAN DIEGO, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Framework Drives Trust Across Identity-Enabled Applications Based on Standardized and Certified Identity Assurance Levels

SAN DIEGO, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Release of IAF and IGF Drives Standardized Identity Assurances and Policy-Based Data and Privacy Protection across Identity-Enabled Applications and Networks